Global Patent Index - EP 1077413 A3

EP 1077413 A3 20060726 - Data access history indicating method and apparatus

Title (en)

Data access history indicating method and apparatus

Title (de)

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Anzeige der Geschichte von Dateizugriffen

Title (fr)

Procédé et appareil pour indiquer l'historique de l'accès à des données

Publication

EP 1077413 A3 20060726 (EN)

Application

EP 00117033 A 20000808

Priority

JP 22604799 A 19990810

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1077413A2] An access-history indicating method sequentially records a history of access by a user to a resource object such as a file or a WWW page. In the method, an access history icon that visually represents access-history information is generated and is displayed in the vicinity of the corresponding icon on a desktop screen or in the vicinity of an anchor of a WWW page. The access history icon has an image in which events of accessing the corresponding resource object are displayed on a time base. The image may be displayed by separating the type of access into modification and reference. The user can obtain a visual and intuitive understanding about a history of access to each file and a history of updating each file. The obtained information can be used as an important key for selecting among files and WWW pages.

IPC 8 full level

G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06F 3/04817 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

  • [X] US 5926180 A 19990720 - SHIMAMURA HISASHI [JP]
  • [X] EP 0915427 A2 19990512 - HITACHI LTD [JP]
  • [A] WO 9814903 A2 19980409 - TRELLIX CORP [US]
  • [A] SANTRY D J ET AL: "Elephant: the file system that never forgets", HOT TOPICS IN OPERATING SYSTEMS, 1999. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH WORKSHOP ON RIO RICO, AZ, USA 29-30 MARCH 1999, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, 29 March 1999 (1999-03-29), pages 2 - 7, XP010355840, ISBN: 0-7695-0237-7

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1077413 A2 20010221; EP 1077413 A3 20060726; JP 2001051762 A 20010223; JP 4232283 B2 20090304; US 6738973 B1 20040518

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 00117033 A 20000808; JP 22604799 A 19990810; US 63437100 A 20000809